1868 Massachusetts legislature

The 89th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1868 during the governorship of Republican Alexander Bullock. George O. Brastow served as president of the Senate and Harvey Jewell served as speaker of the House.[5]

89th
Massachusetts General Court
88th 90th
Overview
Legislative bodyGeneral Court
ElectionNovember 5, 1867
Senate
Members40
PresidentGeorge O. Brastow
Party controlRepublican
(30 R, 10 D)[1][2]
House
Members240
SpeakerHarvey Jewell
Party controlRepublican
(180 R, 60 D)[1][3]
Sessions
1stJanuary 1, 1868 (1868-01-01) – June 12, 1868 (1868-06-12)[4]
George O. Brastow
George Brastow, Senate president.
Harvey Jewell
Harvey Jewell, House speaker.
Leaders of the Massachusetts General Court, 1868.

Senators

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Image Name[6] Date of birth[7] District Party
 
Edward Avery 1828
 
Samuel Wells Bowerman 1830
 
George Oliver Brastow September 8, 1811
 
Silas Newton Brooks 1825
 
Frederick Davis Brown 1824
 
Samuel Angier Chace 1820
 
Knowlton Sampson Chaffee 1814
 
Tracy Patch Cheever 1824
 
Lee Claflin 1791
 
Benjamin Franklin Clark 1808
 
Samuel Dexter Crane 1816
 
Edward Crocker 1814
 
Charles Chase Dame 1819
 
Francis B. Fay June 12, 1793
 
Henry Fuller 1825
 
William Gaston October 3, 1820
 
Alonzo Madison Giles 1821
 
Erasmus Gould 1817
 
Andrew Malcolm McPhail 1817
 
John Green Mudge 1823
 
Daniel Needham 1822
 
James Oliver 1820
 
Clark Partridge 1809
 
George Penniman 1810
 
Lucius Wilson Pond 1826
 
Edmund Houghton Sawyer 1821
 
William Schouler December 31, 1814
 
Oliver Hazard Perry Smith 1824
 
Chester Snow 1817
 
Moses Tyler Stevens October 10, 1825
 
William Sutton 1800
 
Joseph Scott Todd 1828
 
Harrison Tweed 1806
 
Gershom Bradford Weston August 27, 1799
 
Jonathan Dodge Wheeler 1806
 
Marshall Wilcox 1821

Representatives

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image Name[6] Date of birth[7] District Party
 
Levi Augustus Abbott 1824
 
John Quincy Adams II September 22, 1833
 
Rufus Adams 1829
 
George Ellis Allen 1817
 
Samuel Appleton 1841
 
Elisha Watson Arnold 1837
 
William Frederick Arnold 1815
 
John Henry Bangs 1829
 
William Barker 1820
 
Henry Bassett 1820
 
William Gelston Bates November 17, 1803
 
Irving Bates 1839
 
Phineas Alden Beaman 1819
 
Hugh Ramsey Bean 1820
 
Charles Bird 1829
 
Charles Chauncey Bixby 1824
 
Willard Blackinton 1800
 
Charles Henry Blanchard 1828
 
John Currier Blasdell 1809
 
Albert Blood 1818
 
Morton Van Buren Bonney 1841
 
Charles Bradley 1816
 
George Egbert Bridges 1827
 
Oliver Hazard Perry Brown 1813
 
Ralph Steele Brown 1828
 
William Blanchard Brown 1821
 
Ezra Plummer Brownell 1819
 
John Richards Bullard 1846
 
William Henry Burbeck 1822
 
Hodgdon Fowler Buzzell 1834
 
James Capen 1823
 
Thomas Hale Carruth 1810
 
Dennis Cawley 1834
 
Jonas Allen Champney 1831
 
Philo Chapin 1806
 
Charles William Chase 1822
 
Heman Baker Chase 1825
 
Linus Mason Child 1835
 
Henry Martyn Clarke 1826
 
Patrick Andrew Collins March 12, 1844
 
Benjamin Franklin Cook 1833
 
Henry Harvey Cook 1804
 
Lament Bacon Corbin 1813
 
Joseph Warren Cornell 1810
 
George Parker Cox 1814
 
Orlando Bradford Crane 1835
 
Alanson Crittenden 1814
 
Thomas Cunningham 1826
 
David Cushing 1813
 
Francis Everett Cushing 1825
 
Richard Henry Dana August 1, 1815
 
George Keith Daniell 1810
 
Leander Sloan Daniels 1834
 
Curtis Davis 1814
 
Jeremy Bentham Dennett 1833
 
Thaddeus Kingsley DeWolf 1801
 
Charles Henry Drew 1838
 
Silas Dunton 1818
 
Moses Farnum 1826
 
Thomas Joseph Fay 1832
 
Stephen Chapman Felton 1835
 
Frederick William Field 1819
 
Samuel Tobey Field 1820
 
Thomas Jackson Field 1822
 
Charles Henry Fiske 1840
 
Ezra Hastings Flagg 1823
 
John Dana Flagg 1817
 
James Turner Ford 1827
 
Dudley Foster 1809
 
James Augustus Fox August 11, 1827
 
Charles Amasa Fox 1832
 
James Bicheno Francis May 18, 1815
 
Andrew Jackson Freeman 1819
 
Samuel Freeman 1830
 
Josiah Ober Friend 1835
 
Roscoe Wisner Gage 1839
 
Thomas John Gargan 1844
 
Josiah Gates 1805
 
Noah Murray Gaylord 1822
 
Delano Alexander Goddard 1831
 
Levi Swanton Gould March 27, 1831
 
Samuel Herrick Gould 1814
 
John Otis Hale 1831
 
Josiah Sturtevant Hammond 1810
 
Abraham Gifford Hart 1831
 
David Dexter Hart 1819
 
Joseph Hall Hathaway 1812
 
James Aigin Hervey 1828
 
Charles Amasa Hewins 1822
 
Charles Heywood 1831
 
George Washington Heywood 1829
 
Noble Hind Hill 1821
 
George Miller Hobbs 1827
 
Alvah Holway 1809
 
Anson Parker Hooker 1829
 
Daniel Howard 1823
 
Solomon Henry Howe 1821
 
William Howland 1822
 
John Avery Hughes 1822
 
Edward Alden Hulbert 1824
 
Jacob Randall Huntington 1829
 
Melville E. Ingalls 1842
 
George Washington Jackman 1814
 
Harvey Jewell May 26, 1820
 
William Drury Jones 1815
 
Lewis Strong Judd 1827
 
William Wallace Kellogg 1824
 
Dexter S. King 1806
 
William Alonzo King 1822
 
Richmond Kingman 1821
 
Charles James Kittredge 1818
 
William Knowlton 1809
 
Augustus Lane 1818
 
Howard Malcom Lane 1833
 
Edward Howard Lathrop 1838
 
Roger Hooker Leavitt July 21, 1805
 
Joseph Leavitt 1802
 
John Lee 1813
 
Job Mason Leonard 1824
 
John Livermore 1813
 
James Lovering Locke 1832
 
George Howard Long 1842
 
Willard Mann 1818
 
James Fisk Mansfield 1837
 
John Manson 1805
 
Murdock Matheson 1827
 
John McDuffie 1828
 
Wallace McFarland 1825
 
William McFarlin 1806
 
Leonard McKenzie 1815
 
Isaac Hall Meserve 1813
 
William Mixter 1809
 
Frederick Augustus Morey 1840
 
Amasa Childs Morse 1833
 
Ellis Wesley Morton 1840
 
Edwin Mudge 1818
 
Nathaniel Cushing Nash 1804
 
Henry Newton 1811
 
John Pond Ordway August 1, 1824
 
Weaver Osborn 1815
 
George Henry Peirson 1816
 
Simeon Perkins 1801
 
John Perley 1808
 
George Phipps 1802
 
Edward Henry Pierce 1841
 
Jonathan Pierce 1815
 
Thomas Fitzpatrick Plunkett 1804
 
Henry Eliphalet Pond 1823
 
Moses Pool 1815
 
Henry Smith Porter 1821
 
Joseph Samson Potter 1822
 
Nathan Parker Pratt 1811
 
Benjamin Proctor 1811
 
Caleb Rand 1817
 
Henry Sears Ranney 1817
 
Alvah Raymond 1829
 
William Hathaway Reynard 1808
 
Jeremiah A. Rich 1823
 
Otis Rich 1806
 
Eleazer Richmond 1804
 
John Howe Robinson 1809
 
Ensign Bassett Rogers 1825
 
Joseph Ross 1822
 
Edward Hutchins Robbins Ruggles 1800
 
Otis Taft Ruggles 1829
 
John Runey 1814
 
George Sanford 1830
 
William Seaver 1806
 
William Seaver 1818
 
William Robert Sessions 1835
 
Charles Luther Shaw 1823
 
William Sherburne 1825
 
Henry Shortle 1834
 
Hiram Smith Shurtleff 1841
 
Lemuel Bacon Simmons 1802
 
Iram Smith 1807
 
John James Smith[8][9] 1825
 
Oliver W. Smith 1828
 
Edwin Nathaniel Snow 1828
 
Henry Souther 1810
 
Walter Scott Sprague 1835
 
Charles Stanwood 1816
 
Isaac Holden Stearns 1825
 
John Warren Stevens 1833
 
Walter Briggs Studley 1827
 
John Howland Swain 1823
 
John Kemble Tarbox May 6, 1838
 
James Gardner Tewksbury 1828
 
Shepard Thayer 1827
 
Prescott Alexander Thompson 1825
 
Hubbard Winslow Tilton 1835
 
John Michael Tobin 1841
 
Dexter Alley Tompkins 1827
 
Samuel Knapp Towle 1829
 
George Edwin Towne 1829
 
Jacob Perkins Towne 1803
 
Charles Russell Train October 18, 1817
 
Mason Van Deusen 1802
 
Eden Wadsworth 1793
 
William Henry Waitt 1819
 
Aaron Gifford Walker 1815
 
George Walker 1824
 
Levi Wallace 1831
 
Horace Ward 1819
 
Eben Nichols Wardwell 1825
 
Francis Warland Warren 1819
 
Royal Sibley Warren 1822
 
Thomas Shales Waters 1818
 
Willard Wheeler 1804
 
Rufus A. White 1840
 
Windsor Newton White 1823
 
Sydney Franklin Whitehouse 1822
 
William Whiting 1816
 
Daniel H. Whitney 1825
 
Charles Woodward Wilder 1819
 
John Adams Wiley 1825
 
Benjamin Jenkins Williams 1840
 
George Frederick Williams 1817
 
Joel Benedict Williams 1818
 
Nathan Sumner Williams 1829
 
Warren Williams 1811
 
John William Fletcher Wilson 1828
 
Joseph Wilson 1819
 
Charles Wing 1816
 
James Baxter Wood 1809
 
Jonathan Henry Wood 1822
 
George Washington Woodwell 1829
 
James Sullivan Woodworth 1805
 
Charles Whiting Worcester 1808
 
William Henry Prentiss Wright 1828
 
Patrick Ambrose Young 1834

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Cornelius Dalton; John Wirkkala; Anne Thomas (1984). "Political Complexion of the General Court 1867-1980". Leading the Way: a History of the Massachusetts General Court, 1629-1980. Boston: Massachusetts Secretary of State. p. 441+. ISBN 0961391502.
  2. ^ "Composition of the Massachusetts State Senate", Resources on Massachusetts Political Figures in the State Library, Mass.gov, archived from the original on June 6, 2020
  3. ^ "Composition of the State of Massachusetts House of Representatives", Resources on Massachusetts Political Figures in the State Library, Mass.gov, archived from the original on June 6, 2020
  4. ^ "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
  5. ^ "Organization of the Legislature Since 1780". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 340+.
  6. ^ a b Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1868. hdl:2452/40646.
  7. ^ a b "Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1868" (PDF), Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – via State Library of Massachusetts
  8. ^ Kaitlin Connolly (March 4, 2013), "Massachusetts Legislators: John James Smith", State Library of Massachusetts blog
  9. ^ Black Legislators in the Massachusetts General Court: 1867-Present, State Library of Massachusetts, 2010, hdl:2452/48905

Further reading

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  • Massachusetts General Court, Bills (Legislative Documents) and Journals: 1868, hdl:2452/619057
  • Massachusetts Acts and Resolves: 1868, hdl:2452/92950